βουρδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin burdō (“mule”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buːr.dɔ̌ːn/ → /βurˈðon/ → /vurˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /buːr.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /burˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βurˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vurˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vurˈðon/

Noun

βουρδών • (bourdṓn) m (genitive βουρδῶνος); third declension

1. mule

Declension

Third declension of ὁ βουρδών; τοῦ βουρδῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βουρδών ho bourdṓn	τὼ βουρδῶνε tṑ bourdône	οἱ βουρδῶνες hoi bourdônes
Genitive	τοῦ βουρδῶνος toû bourdônos	τοῖν βουρδώνοιν toîn bourdṓnoin	τῶν βουρδώνων tôn bourdṓnōn
Dative	τῷ βουρδῶνῐ tôi bourdôni	τοῖν βουρδώνοιν toîn bourdṓnoin	τοῖς βουρδῶσῐ / βουρδῶσῐν toîs bourdôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν βουρδῶνᾰ tòn bourdôna	τὼ βουρδῶνε tṑ bourdône	τοὺς βουρδῶνᾰς toùs bourdônas
Vocative	βουρδών bourdṓn	βουρδῶνε bourdône	βουρδῶνες bourdônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βουρδωνάριον (bourdōnárion)
• βουρδωνάριος (bourdōnários)

 

Further reading

• “βουρδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βουρδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN